Aileen and Kariithi talk big picture history, as they attempt to tackle why different peoples around the world experienced different levels of technological innovation? And whether Africa was truly "left behind..."

Aileen and Kariithi discuss the death of Robert Ouko, and why some things ought to remain a secret. In Part I, we discussed the life and death of Dr Ouko; laying the groundwork for an exploration of the why, and who. In Part II, we interrogate the suspects and get to the bottom of it.

Digressions include: Mean Girls, Serial Killers (Aileen Wurnos), Africa Reclaiming her Narrative, Job, Pineapples and the CIA

Important Time Stamps:

Sources

Websites

Aileen and Kariithi discuss the death of Robert Ouko, and why some things ought to remain a secret. In Part I, we discuss the life and death of Dr Ouko; laying the groundwork for an exploration of the why, and who.

Digressions include: Artificial Wombs, Friends (Ross), Basketball, Sports, Thriller

Sources

Kenya, A History Since Independence (Charles Hornsby)

TJRC Report 2A: https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/s3.sourceafrica.net/documents/25050/Kenya-Tjrc-Report-Volume-2a.pdf

Websites:

https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2020-02-04-how-corruption-almost-ran-down-kenya-under-mois-watch/

https://asq.africa.ufl.edu/adar_munyae_winter01/

https://theconversation.com/how-moi-put-foreign-policy-at-the-centre-of-his-presidency-134048

https://nation.africa/kenya/blogs-opinion/opinion/moi-left-an-indelible-mark-in-kenya-s-foreign-policy-248912

http://www.kenyaunsolved.com/anguka.html

http://kenyadocexcom.ipage.com/uploads/2/7/3/5/2735307/troonpara38.jpg

https://web.archive.org/web/20110306172924/http://kenyaunsolved.com/evidence/?p=142

https://nation.africa/kenya/news/robert-ouko-murder-fear-still-stalks-koru-29-years-later-137952

https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2020-03-05-moi-era-robert-oukos-murderers-are-still-alive/

http://www.kenyaunsolved.com/robertouko1.html

https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/passages/4761530.0007.009/--reading-the-ministers-remains-investigations-into-the-death?rgn=main;view=fulltext

https://www.ocikenya.com/honoree-dr-robert-ouko

https://cabinets.kenyayearbook.co.ke/2022/05/05/dr-robert-john-ouko-kenyas-most-celebrated-foreign-minister/

https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/45673107.pdf

https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1978NAIROB15351_d.html

Aileen is joined by Kariithi and GM to discuss the trial of the Kapenguria 6. And the idea that the more things change, the more they stay the same

Sources

Charles Hornsby, Kenya: A History Since Independence

Anaïs Angelo, Power and the Presidency: The Jomo Kenyatta Years

David Anderson, Histories of the Hanged

David Branch, Between Hope and Despair

CRIMINAL APPEAL

https://sites.google.com/site/bildadkaggiafoundation/events-and-highlights-of-kaggias-life/the-trial-at-kapenguria-and-detention

https://chiimbirugimode.com/2021/02/22/star-witness-who-pocketed-ksh-317k-to-fix-the-kapenguria-six-later-charged-with-perjury/

https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/entertainment/news/article/2001258352/the-judge-who-jailed-uhurus-father

https://nation.africa/kenya/news/my-dogged-struggle-to-free-kenyatta-and-the-kapenguria-six-from-jail-183950

https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/10.1525/lal.2011.23.1.26.pdf

https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1958/oct/30/kenya-white-highlands

https://hardtalkkenyan.wordpress.com/2014/10/07/jogging-our-minds-towards-mzee-jomo-kenyattas-kapenguria-trial-a-birds-eye-view-of-kapenguria-one-1/

Join Aileen and Kariithi as we discuss the life and times of the Mau Mau Lawyer: Clement Michael George Argwings Kodhek.

Digressions include: Frozen, Kenyan Traffic Law and Nuclear Weapons

Sources

Books

Websites

Join Aileen and Kariithi as we talk about the life and death of Tom Mboya.

Digressions include: too many to name. Enjoy the Chaos! Embrace the Pandemonium :)

Sources

Charles Hornsby – Kenya, A History Since Independence

Daniel Branch – Kenya, Between Hope and Despair

Mary L. Dudziak – Exporting American Dreams, Thurgood Marshall’s African Journey

Tom Mboya – Freedom and After

Tom Mboya – The Challenge of Nationhood

TJRC Report

OCTOPIZZO - Tom Mboya- (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WurPqo8jeTI&ab_channel=OCTOPIZZO)

https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20161117-third-culture-kids-citizens-of-everywhere-and-nowhere

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/11/t-magazine/luca-guadagnino-third-culture-kids.html

https://nation.africa/kenya/news/mboya-njonjo-and-their-unbridled-ambition-to-gain-political-power-183608

https://nation.africa/kenya/news/the-untold-story-of-tom-mboya-death-3684132?fbclid=IwAR3xSt0_qpqY0O0NPU5CNbFIPxZ-6HsUFWmLVibdm_yqYG7_rPT5ZUENmPk

https://projects.kora.matrix.msu.edu/files/210-808-8918/ARGreportopt.pdf

https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1975NAIROB01174_b.html

https://etd.ohiolink.edu/apexprod/rws_etd/send_file/send?accession=miami1313975817&disposition=inline

https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/144509/1/JSH_McCann_accepted_MS.pdf

Join Aileen and Kariithi as we talk about the life and death of Tom Mboya.

Digressions are too many to name. Enjoy the Chaos! Embrace the Pandemonium :)

Sources

Charles Hornsby – Kenya, A History Since Independence

Daniel Branch – Kenya, Between Hope and Despair

Mary L. Dudziak – Exporting American Dreams, Thurgood Marshall’s African Journey

Tom Mboya – Freedom and After

Tom Mboya – The Challenge of Nationhood

TJRC Report

Tom Mboya Speech – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwG22EZmEfE

https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20161117-third-culture-kids-citizens-of-everywhere-and-nowhere

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/11/t-magazine/luca-guadagnino-third-culture-kids.html

https://nation.africa/kenya/news/mboya-njonjo-and-their-unbridled-ambition-to-gain-political-power-183608

https://nation.africa/kenya/news/the-untold-story-of-tom-mboya-death-3684132?fbclid=IwAR3xSt0_qpqY0O0NPU5CNbFIPxZ-6HsUFWmLVibdm_yqYG7_rPT5ZUENmPk

https://projects.kora.matrix.msu.edu/files/210-808-8918/ARGreportopt.pdf

https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/1975NAIROB01174_b.html

https://etd.ohiolink.edu/apexprod/rws_etd/send_file/send?accession=miami1313975817&disposition=inline

https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/144509/1/JSH_McCann_accepted_MS.pdf

Aileen is joined by her fellow history nerd, Kariithi to talk about the late, great JM Kariuki. And why you should never outshine your master.

Sources

https://open.library.ubc.ca/media/stream/pdf/24/1.0401458/3

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329116987_Mobility_Confinement_and_the_Politics_of_Exile_A_Study_of_Manyani_Detention_Camp_in_Kenya_1952-1963_A_Historical_Account

https://theverdict.co.ke/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/The-Black-Bar.pdf

https://twitter.com/historykenya101/status/1366608534088134656?lang=en

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-31817667

https://archive.org/stream/maumaudetaineefull/mau%20mau%20detainee%20full_djvu.txt

https://digitalcommons.law.seattleu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1120&context=tjrc-core

http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke/bitstream/handle/11295/38631/Full%20Text.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

Aileen is joined by her fellow history nerd, Kariithi to talk about the late, great JM Kariuki. And why you should never fuck with SDE

Digressions: SDE, Thanos, Baby Brothers

Sources

https://open.library.ubc.ca/media/stream/pdf/24/1.0401458/3

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329116987_Mobility_Confinement_and_the_Politics_of_Exile_A_Study_of_Manyani_Detention_Camp_in_Kenya_1952-1963_A_Historical_Account

https://theverdict.co.ke/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/The-Black-Bar.pdf

https://twitter.com/historykenya101/status/1366608534088134656?lang=en

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-31817667

https://archive.org/stream/maumaudetaineefull/mau%20mau%20detainee%20full_djvu.txt

https://digitalcommons.law.seattleu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1120&context=tjrc-core

http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke/bitstream/handle/11295/38631/Full%20Text.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

In this special, Aileen contextualises the James Finlay saga; explaining that they are a symptom of an exploitative system that benefits the dynasties at the expense of hustlers. The kind of system the Government may, ultimately, be invested in maintaining.

Sources:

KNBS Economic Survey 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wMdnCx6eUc– BBC Expose

https://www.finlays.net/about-us/locations/kenya/

https://www.jstor.org/stable/4370678

https://www.history.com/news/east-india-company-england-trade

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-64662056

https://nation.africa/kenya/counties/bomet/boy-9-decapitated-by-tea-plucking-machine-at-james-finlay-tea-estate-4089844

https://nation.africa/kenya/counties/bomet/james-finlay-in-the-eye-of-the-storm-4017830

https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/realtime/2023-02-21-finlays-speaks-on-sexual-harassment-allegations-after-bbc-expos/

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/01/keny-o01.html

https://fairtradeafrica.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/James-Finlay-Kitumbe-Group-Digital.pdf

https://nation.africa/kenya/news/tea-farms-brew-sexual-abuse-and-misery-for-poor-workers-230376

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/226274290_Fairtrade_Facts_and_Fancies_What_Kenyan_Fairtrade_Tea_Tells_us_About_Business'_Role_as_Development_Agent

https://www.financeuncovered.org/stories/jp-morgan-opl245-dan-etete-suspicious-activity-reports-nca-fiu-fincen-nigeria

https://www.ft.com/content/dc633303-da14-4f94-bbfe-46fcec66dce4

https://www.finlays.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Modern-Slavery-Statement-2021.pdf

https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2019-12-10-james-finlays-contractors-deny-child-labour-claims/

https://finlayscommunitytrust.co.ke/chemasingi-secondary-school-a-first-of-its-kind-tea-estate-mixed-day-school/

https://globalnaps.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/kenya.pdf

https://assets.worldbenchmarkingalliance.org/app/uploads/2022/11/Starbucks-CHRB-scorecard-2022.pdf